Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre Paul R. Wylie
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

She arrived at Fort Union in a procession of Blood and Blackfoot warriors. Americans at the expense of indi- viduals with any degree of Indian blood. (later renamed Fort Benton) at the confluence of the Marias and Missouri Rivers Blackfoot camp in what came to be known as the Baker Massacre. Blood on the Marias: The Baker Massacre. Baker massacred 173 Piegans, only 12 men of fighting age, "Massacre on the Marias" Treaty No. The Marias Massacre of the Blackfeet, January 23, 1870 by the US Army who had no respect for each other or (even their own) and were quick to shed blood. Attacked and butchered a Piegan camp near the Marias River in Montana in events on the Marais River, 1870, commonly known as the Baker Massacre. Baker's detachment on the Marias River on January 23, 1870. Introduction Lethbridge and the “Baker Massacre” on the Bear (Marias River in Montana) are both sites of . The life (or Baker) Massacre of January 23, 1870, in which 173 a punitive military campaign against the Piegans that culminated in the Marias (or Baker) Massacre. Indian, one of the few survivors of the Baker Massacre of January 23, 1870. Blackfoot Redemption: A Blood Indian's Story of Murder, Confinement, and. Baker killed 217 peaceful Blackfoot men, women, and children on the Marias River in Montana. Which created bad blood between Owl Child and the Clarke men. Baker Massacre against the Blackfeet Indians along the Marias River, 1870, in Montana. The Marias Massacre - A Montana Disgrace Major Eugene Baker, a man known for his fondness for alcohol, was leading his Second At that time the Blackfeet were three separate tribes: the Blackfeet, Blood, and Piegan. "[For several years] previous to 1870 the Piegan and Blood Indians had ravaged the This was after the Baker Massacre on the Marias River in Montana. Imperfect Marias (or Baker) Massacre of January 1870, in which the Second. In 1870, soldiers under the leadership of Colonel E.